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Cheesecake Factory earnings quality score
How much of the reported profit is backed by cash, and how many markers of managed earnings the filings show
Score70 / 100 · grade B · rank 342 of 1027
Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) scores 70 of 100 for earnings quality, grade B: rank 342 of 1027 companies and 57 of 141 in consumer-disc. It loses the most points on accruals of -4.9% of assets, lower than 57% of companies (profit backed by cash), profit steadier than cash flow (smoothness 0.43), adjusted earnings 5% below GAAP. It earns full or near-full marks for discretionary accruals of +0.3% of assets (modified Jones), smaller than most.
What earned and lost points
| Component | What the filings show | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals | accruals of -4.9% of assets, lower than 57% of companies (profit backed by cash) | 25 | 44 |
| Discretionary accruals | discretionary accruals of +0.3% of assets (modified Jones), smaller than most | 21 | 22 |
| Non-GAAP gap | adjusted earnings 5% below GAAP | 18 | 22 |
| Earnings smoothness | profit steadier than cash flow (smoothness 0.43) | 5 | 11 |
How the score is built
Eight published measures, each scored against the whole universe or on its own scale and weighted: accruals 20, discretionary accruals 10, Beneish M 15, Dechow F 15, Montier C 15, Piotroski F 10, the non-GAAP gap 10, smoothness 5. A measure that cannot be computed (Beneish for a bank, say) drops out and the rest is rescaled, so every company is scored on what applies to it.
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Computed from the companies’ own XBRL filings (latest fiscal year) by published formulas; a statistical screen, not an audit or an accusation. A low score means the reported profit shows more of the markers of managed or low-quality earnings than its peers. Not investment advice.